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Thermoelectric Effects On MoSi2 With Finite Element Analysis Using COMSOL
Thermoelectric Effects On MoSi2 With Finite Element Analysis Using COMSOL
Science (IJAERS)
Peer-Reviewed Journal
ISSN: 2349-6495(P) | 2456-1908(O)
Vol-8, Issue-8; Aug, 2021
Journal Home Page Available: https://ijaers.com/
Article DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaers.88.35
1Research Scholar, Department of Electronics & Communication, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2Innovation, Research and Development, DR CBS Cyber Security Services LLP, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Received: 05 Jul 2021, Abstract— Realization of the thermoelectric effects within finite
Received in revised form: 08 Aug 2021, element analysis (FEA) by means of the COMSOL-Multiphysics
platform is offered. It lets thermoelectric calculations among
Accepted: 15 Aug 2021,
temperature dependent material traits on random geometries.
Available online: 24 Aug 2021 Further, the calculations can be pooled with structural analysis
© 2021 The author(s). Published by AI Publication. plus convection can also be taken in report. Thermoelectric cooler
This is an open access article under the CC BY employs Peltier effect for dissipating heat in an electronic casing
license structure. It shows exceptional rewards over conservative cooling
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) skill via quiet process, extended life span, and effortless integration.
Nevertheless, Joule heating results in the accumulation of internal
Keywords— Thermoelectric effect, peltier effect,
heat thereby exposes thermoelectric cooler towards the risk of
COMSOL simulation, thermoelectric cooler
thermo-mechanical breakdown all through continuous operations in
thermoelectric generator.
pragmatic thermal surroundings. In this paper, a 3D module of
thermoelectric material MoSi2 is designed on the way to examine
the thermoelectric effect of the material taking into consideration
the temperature reliant TE material traits. The transient behavior is
also observed. The results can be openly used intended for
consistent design considerations and optimized thermoelectric
devices in engineering.
“General Form”.
𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕𝑢
𝑐𝑎 + 𝑑𝑎 + (−𝑐𝛻𝑢 − 𝛼𝑢 + 𝛾) + 𝛽. 𝛻𝑢 + 𝑎𝑢 = 𝑓
𝜕𝑡 2 𝜕𝑡
(3)
The thermoelectric field equations at this instant are
altered into the “coefficient form” as follows. In the midst,
the vector value of the field variable is defined by
𝑇
𝑢
⃗ =( ) (4)
𝑉
the coefficient c in (3) is
2
(𝜆 + 𝜎𝛼 𝑇 𝜎𝛼𝑇) (5)
𝜎𝛼 𝜎
Intended for transient calculations the capacitive influence
need to be neglected. Generally it is satisfactory to mull
over merely the thermal capacity (heat capacity C, density
ρ). Then d in equation (3) is
Fig.2: Temperature dependent thermal conductivity of
𝜌𝐶
𝑑= ( ) (6) MoSi2.
0
The subsequent examples show outcomes of calculations
for characteristic thermoelectric applications. The material
traits for the calculations with temperature independent
values are depicted in table 1. Here characteristic values
for Molybdenum Silicide MoSi2 were taken from [4] and
Copper was taken from [2]. Temperature dependent
material traits were interpolated by means of cubic splines
(figure 1-3).
The base is kept back at temperature 300 K along with 0V about 3K. Such super cooling effects are also described in
of voltage. At the top of the upper electrode, a current of [5].
0.7A was applied. The resultant distribution of
temperature is revealed in the middle. A temperature
difference of nearly 70 K is achieved. Table 1 shows the
(constant) material properties. Figure 4 shows the result of
the calculation. In the center, the temperature distribution
shows that the cold side temperature is at 230K. The
associated voltage is shown right. To drive the current, a
voltage of 50 mV is needed.
A tiny current pulse leads to momentarily lesser In accordance to the properties, it was observed that the
temperatures at the cold end. In such transient open circuit voltage of the component is computed to be
computation, barely the thermal capacities as suggested about 21mV, whereas the short-circuit current is
by equation (6) in the midst of the heat capacities in computed around 220mA. The highest power output is
addition to densities are represented in table 1. observed as 1.22mW.
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[1] COMSOL Multiphysics 5.2a Documentation,
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[2] Antonova E.E., Looman D.C; Finite Elements for
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[3] Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M.; Electrodynamics of
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(Oxford, 1984).
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of Silicon via Nanostructuring. Materials Transactions.
2016.
[5] Snyder, G.J. et al; Supercooling of Peltier cooler using a
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Fig.6: Current-voltage characteristics of the
thermoelectric material